In one of this composer's symphonies all the instruments except the percussion and the piano drop out during a scherzo part called "the Masque" found in the second movement, which begins with a section called "The Dirge." He included movements titled "Agathon," "Phaedrus: Pausanias," and "Socrates" in a work written for solo violin, strings, harp, and percussion titled Serenade after Plato's Symposium. His second symphony's first movement features fourteen variations divided into two parts called "The Seven Ages" and "The Seven Stages," while his first symphony begins with the "Amidah" theme in the first movement titled "Prophecy" followed by sections called "Profanation" and "Lamentation." This composer's third symphony features a speaker who wakes up a sleeping God from his naïve dream o
In one of this composer's symphonies all the instruments except the percussion and the piano drop out during a scherzo part called "the Masque" found in the second movement, which begins with a section called "The Dirge." He included movements titled "Agathon," "Phaedrus: Pausanias," and "Socrates" in a work written for solo violin, strings, harp, and percussion titled Serenade after Plato's Symposium. His second symphony's first movement features fourteen variations divided into two parts called "The Seven Ages" and "The Seven Stages," while his first symphony begins with the "Amidah" theme in the first movement titled "Prophecy" followed by sections called "Profanation" and "Lamentation." This composer's third symphony features a speaker who wakes up a sleeping God from his naïve dream of human happiness, and that symphony is dedicated to the memory of John F. Kennedy. For 10 points, name this American composer who wrote the Jeremiah Symphony and the Kaddish Symphony in addition to writing the music for West Side Story.
In one of this composer's symphonies all the instruments except the percussion and the piano drop out during a scherzo part called "the Masque" found in the second movement, which begins with a section called "The Dirge."
Leonard {Bernstein}